Stamp-wallet



ARNOLD SCHNEIDER, OF

ATRNT FFICR.

sAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

STAM P-WALLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,219, dated December 28, 1897.

Application filed April 2, 1897. Serial No. 630.469. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Diego, county of San Diego, and State of California, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Stamp -Walletsg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of devices known as stamp-wallets, and has for its object to provide a receptacle which may be carried in the pocket and which is adapted to preserve stamps in a condition suitable for use and free from moisture at allltimes. I obtain this result by using a casing which may be made of cloth, leather,.rubber, or paper, preferably cloth, cut in such a manner that it may be folded about a booklet made of several sheets of transparent non-absorbent material, as celluloid, towhich substances of gummed surfaces, such as stamps, courtplaster, 85o., will not adhere.`

This invention also consists of certain novel and useful features which will be particularly pointed out in this specification and covered by the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, in which similar letters designate the same parts'throughout the several views, Figure 1 represents a blank which is adapted to be folded into a casing inclosing the booklet; Fig. 2, a plan view showing the casing and booklet in a partially-open condition 3' and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig, 2.

f designates the blank out of which the case I `V`A`is made.

This blank is substantially rectangular in shape and provided with four inci-` sions e, e, e3, and e4, which form the iaps g', g2, g3, g4, h, and h. The blank is creased along the dotted lines at k', k2, k3, la, t', i2, 3,

and 4 in order that 'it may be folded along these lines to form the wallet. As the manner in which the parts g', g2, g3, and g4 are folded and fastened is precisely the same throughout, I will describe the manner in which the Iiap g is folded along the line j and attached to the part 71,', it being understood that the other corresponding parts are folded and fastened in a similar manner. The crease j divides the flap g into two parts a and a. The former part is folded over the latter. The

. part a is covered with some suitable adhesive.

The blank is then folded along the creases la and k3 and the flap a attaches to the part h' ,in the position shown by the dotted lines at a2. Similarly the partsd, c, and b attach at d2, c2, and b2, as indicated in Fig. 1. After the parts become firmly attached the booklet m is inserted. This booklet consists of about a dozen leaves m,which consist of thin sheets of celluloid each folded once and all nesting together in such a manner that a string or thread can be passed through them all to attach the booklet to the outside case, as shown at fn in Fig. 2. It will be noticed that these leaves are of various widths, as indicated at m', so as to facilitate the manipulation of the contents. When the leaves are secured in position, the casing is creased at k2 and 104 and the iiap h' is folded immediately over the parts S and the flap his folded over the flap h. While I have shown the flap h curved at o o, this is by no means an essential feature of my device, which includes all similar modiications which belong within the scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to any precise form or immaterial detail; but n What I dowish to claim and protect by Letters Patent is- 1. In a stamp-wallet the combination with the booklet m of the casing, composed of the blank f, provided with incisions e', e2, e3, e4, forming the iiaps a, b, c, ol', h and h', said flaps al b c and d being folded over and attached to said flaps 72. and h' to form a closure for the inclosed booklet, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a stamp-wallet, the combination with the booklet m of the casing composed of the blank f, provided with incisions e', e2, e3, e4 forming the flaps a, b, c, d, h and h', said flaps a, b, c and d being creased and folded diagonally at j', j2, ji and 3'4; each of said iiaps being thus divided intotwo triangular parts, one of which is adapted to be pasted to the flaps h or h at a2, b2, c2 and d2 when the blank isfolded along the lines k and k3, to form a receptacle for the booklet m, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Zurich, February 18, 1897.

ARNOLD SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

EMIL HONEGGER, ANNIE AMMANN.

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